Vanilla Ice has revealed that Madonna made a marriage proposal to him in the 1990s, when they were both at the height of their respective careers in the music industry: he was a young, rising artist in his 20s, and she was a well-established pop culture icon in her 30s. But the rapper, although dating Madonna for eight months, did not end up marrying her because he did not feel he was mature enough to have a family at such a young age.

In real life, Vanilla Ice is known as Robert Van Winkle, but in 1990, he released his rap smash “Ice Ice Baby,” which catapulted him to the forefront of the entertainment industry. He composed the song while he was 16 years old and lived in South Florida. He used hook samples from “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie, who were subsequently acknowledged for providing the idea for the music. The hip-hop track was included on the album “To The Extreme,” which achieved the distinction of being the rap album that sold the most copies during that time period.

Vanilla Ice was a disc jockey (DJ), a breakdancer (breakdancing), and a grand champion motocross racer before he became famous as a rapper. It was expected that he would get professional as a racer, but he found that he was more interested in dancing and acting instead. In the late 1980s, he began his career as a performer by serving as an opening act for several concerts, including those of Sir Mix-a-Lot, Public Enemy, and MC Hammer.

Vanilla Ice was able to obtain a major part in the romance film “Cool as Ice” with Kristin Minter as a direct result of the popularity of the song “Ice Ice Baby.” He also had a cameo appearance in the 1991 film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.”

In spite of this, Vanilla Ice chose to take 1993 off from recording music and performing since he had been on the road nonstop promoting his album. This also occurred shortly after Madonna published a sexually explicit coffee table book titled “Sex,” in which she discussed her brief romance with the rap musician.

Vanilla Ice said that Madonna popped the question to him during their whirlwind relationship in 1991 during an exclusive interview that was broadcast on the “Just Jenny with Jenny Hutt” podcast on January 31, 2023, which was also published on YouTube on the same day. He had the opportunity to talk to her when he was on tour in New York City, and a powerful figure from the recording business helped set up their first meeting.

Vanilla Ice has said that things grew “a bit filthy” when he had dinner with the pop icon, and then the two of them started dating shortly after that. After some time had passed, Madonna posed the question, but he turned her down.

Vanilla Ice explained his decision to say “no” by saying, “I mean everything were moving so wild and quick dude.” “You’re going far too quickly. I’ve only just gotten started here, and at this point in my life, I’m far too young for this.”

After Madonna wrote about their relationship in “Sex” without the rapper’s permission, the rapper made the decision to end his connection with Madonna. He said that he was unaware that she was writing the book and that he had even entertained the possibility of suing Madonna. Vanilla Ice ultimately took the decision to ignore the matter altogether, despite Madonna’s efforts to make the split more difficult.

Despite this, Vanilla Ice does not have any ill will against his ex-girlfriend, Madonna, and rather refers to her as “a legend.” The rapper continued by saying that he does not believe all of the negative things that have been written about the legendary singer.

Vanilla Ice tied the knot with Laura Giaratta in 1997, and the couple went on to have two daughters: Dusti Rain, who was born in 1998, and KeeLee Breeze, who was born in 2000. However, in 2016, the couple divorced after many years of marriage. The rapper welcomed his third daughter into the world in 2018, making him a father for the third time. However, he has been tight-lipped about the identity of the baby’s mother.

These days, Vanilla Ice operates a business that manufactures lighting fixtures in his native state of Florida.